Mix Magazine and Blastwave FX presents the Blastwave FX Sound Design Competition, a new contest challenging participants to showcase their creativity - design a soundtrack for a 30 second video clip using HD sound effects provided by Blastwave FX. Celebrity judges including Academy-Award winners Richard King and Dane Davis, and Golden Reel Nominee Charles Deenen will select … [Read more...]
Transformers 2: Interview Round Up
I planned on interviewing some of the post sound crew from "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen" but there are so many great interviews out there already about the great work they did, I might as well be a blogger in disguise and just link to them. AUDIO-MEDIA magazine: Interview with Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van Der Ryn, and Greg Russell. EDITORS-GUILD magazine PT.1: Q and A … [Read more...]
How to make a Sound Design Demo Reel
Kyle Vande Slunt: Sound Design Demo Reel (2009) from kylevandeslunt | sound designer on Vimeo. Photographers, graphic designers, illustrators, etc. They have a special way for show their work: "Portfolio". Okay, we have something similar, known as "Demo Reel". Sound Designer Kyle Vande Slunt published at the amazing Audio Cookbook "The Guidelines for making a Sound Design … [Read more...]
Social Sound Design and The Telephone Game
Recently I played a really funny game. Something like a "Social Sound Design Game " created by Andrew Spitz from {Sound+Design}. The Game Remember the game “telephone” where you whisper something in someone’s ear, then the person whispers in the next person’s ear and so on? At the end the last person repeats the words and they usually have nothing to do with the … [Read more...]
Randy Thom Special: Forrest Gump
Continuing with the Randy Thom Special, let's talk about Forrest Gump, a great 90's movie with the awesome work of Randy Thom on the sound. He said: "Working in Northern California, I'm lucky to be able to wear several movie-sound hats. I think it would slowly drive me nuts to be a rerecording mixer all the time or to edit or "sound design" all the time. So I try to alternate … [Read more...]
Interview with Amon Tobin, InFAMOUS composer
InFAMOUS is the story of Cole McGrath, a bike messenger given an assignment to deliver a package that is secretly a bomb. Cole survives the massive explosion and develops electricity-based powers. Soon, he discovers that his city has fallen into chaos under the rule of gangs and factions and must fight back against them to restore order while unearthing the conspiracy behind … [Read more...]
Randy Thom Special: Ratatouille
As you know, Randy Thom is the June's featured Sound designer. Let's talk about Ratatouille, an animated movie produced by Pixar and distributed by Disney Pictures and whose sound design was done by Randy Thom. Ratatouille was nominated for five Academy Awards, 13 Annie Awards, and won the Best Animated Feature Award from multiple associations. Well, let's talk about our part: … [Read more...]